Rick Rizzs
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Richard Alfred Rizzs is an American sportscaster and is the lead radio play-by-play announcer for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. He is the longest-tenured broadcaster in franchise hist
Rick Rizzs interviewing Lou Pineilla in 2009.
Ernie Harwell
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William Earnest Harwell was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell broadca
Rick Rizzs
…In 1992, Rizzs moved to WJR in Detroit, as the sports director and the new radio play-by-play voice of the Detroit Tigers. He replaced Hall of Famer Ernie Harwell, who had been with the Tigers since the 1960 season and was fired in late 1991. Harwell's dismissal was not popular with fans. Niehaus encouraged Rizzs…
Harwell in 1966
Harwell gets a prolonged standing ovation during his last game in Detroit during the 1991 season
Harwell in 2006.
Ernie Harwell commemorative patch worn by the Tigers in 2010.